Note: We require minimum two passengers traveling together If
single traveler ask for the supplement.

Our Family programs for kids focus on being educational and
entertaining at the same time. As they walk the trails of Ania at Refugio
Amazonas, kids will learn how to value their relation with the Earth. Further
they will visit the largest known macaw clay lick and will experience a variety
of habitats near the Tambopata Research Center.

Arrival & Reception by Guide Our guides are biologists, tourism
professionals, or community members. Unless noted otherwise, our guides
speak English. We assign guides at 6:1 ratio in Tambopata Research
Center. This means groups smaller than 6 people will be merged with
other groups under one guide. If you would like a private guide or a
guide in a language other than English please let us know.

Transfer Airport to Puerto Maldonado Headquarters Upon arrival from Lima
or Cusco, we will welcome you at the airport and drive you ten minutes
to our Puerto Maldonado headquarters. While enjoying your first taste of
the forest in our gardens we will ask you to pack only the necessary
gear for your next few days, and leave the rest at our safe deposit.
This helps us keep the boats and cargo light.

Transfer Pto Maldonado Headquarters to Tambopata River Port Skirting
Puerto Maldonado, we drive 20 kilometers to the Tambopata River Port,
entering the Native Community of Infierno. The port is a communal
business.

Transfer Boat - Tambopata River Port to Refugio Amazonas The two and a
half hour boat ride from the Tambopata Port to Refugio Amazonas will
take us past the Community of Infierno and the Tambopata National
Reserve´s checkpoint and into the buffer zone of this 1.3 million
hectare conservation unit.

Boxed Lunch

Orientation Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief
you with important navigation and security tips.

Dinner

Caiman Search We will be out at the rivers edge at night, scanning the
shores with headlamps and flashlights to catch the red gleams of
reflection from caiman eyes.

Overnight at Refugio Amazonas

DAY 2

Breakfast

Canopy Tower A thirty minute walk from Refugio Amazonas leads to the 25
meter scaffolding canopy tower. A bannistered staircase running through
the middle provides safe access to the platforms above. The tower has
been built upon high ground, therefore increasing your horizon of the
continuous primary forest extending out towards the Tambopata National
Reserve. From here views of mixed species canopy flocks as well as
toucans, macaws and raptors are likely.

Oxbow Lake Visit We will paddle around the lake on a canoe or a
catamaran, looking for lakeside wildlife such as hoatzin, caiman and
hornerd screamers, hoping to see the otters which are infrequently seen
here. You will also be rewarded with overhead sightings of macaws.

Transfer Boat - Refugio Amazonas to TRC Four and half hours by boat from
Refugio Amazonas, in the pristine heart of the reserve, lies the
Tambopata Research Center. One and half hours into our boat journey, as
we cross the confluence with the Malinowski River, we will leave the
final traces of human habitation behind. Within the 700,000 hectare
uninhabited nucleus of the reserve, sightings of capybara, caiman, geese,
macaws and other large species will become more frequent.

Chuncho Clay Lick Three hours from Refugio Amazonas, deep in the
Tambopata National Reserve we will stop at the Chuncho claylick. After a
brief walk (~5 minutes) we will have the chance to see dozens of large
macaws feeding on the special sodium rich clays of the riverbank. The
Chuncho claylick probably attracts more large macaws than any other
claylick in the world and the sight of dozens of macaws taking flight is
truly unforgettable. The details of our stopover will depend on the
weather and the amount of macaw activity, as the birds dont visit the
clay lick when it is raining.

Boxed Lunch

Orientation Upon arrival, the lodge manager will welcome you and brief
you with important navigation and security tips.

Overlook Trail A three to five kilometer hike will lead us to overlooks
commanding magnificent views of the Tambopata winding its way into the
lowlands. The forest on this trail, regenerating on old bamboo forest,
is good for Howler Monkey and Dusky Titi Monkey.

Dinner

Macaw Project Lectures After dinner scientists will provide an in depth
look at the biology of macaws, their feeding habits, the theories for
clay lick use, their breeding and feeding ecology, population
fluctuations and the threats to their conservation.

Overnight at Tambopata Research Center

DAY 3

Macaw Clay Lick On most clear mornings of the year dozens of large
macaws and hundreds of parrots congregate on this large river bank in a
raucous and colorful spectacle which inspired a National Geographic
cover story. Discretely located fifty meters from the cliff, we will
observe Green-winged, Scarlet and Blue-and-gold Macaws and several
species of smaller parrots descend to ingest clay. Outings are at dawn
when the lick is most active.

Breakfast

Floodplain Trail This five kilometer trail covers the prototypical rain
forest with immense trees criss-crossed by creeks and ponds. Amongst the
figs, ceibas and shihuahuacos we will look for Squirrel, Brown Capuchin,
and Spider Monkeys as well as peccaries. TRC is located within this
habitat.

Lunch

Pond Platform Ten minutes upriver from the lodge is a tiny pond with a
platform in the middle. It is a great place to spot waterfowl such as
Muscovy duck, sunbittern and hoatzin along with the woodpeckers,
oropendolas, flycatchers and parakeets that call this pond their home.

Dinner

Overnight at Tambopata Research Center

DAY 4

Macaw Clay Lick On most clear mornings of the year dozens of large
macaws and hundreds of parrots congregate on this large river bank in a
raucous and colorful spectacle which inspired a National Geographic
cover story. Discretely located fifty meters from the cliff, we will
observe Green-winged, Scarlet and Blue-and-gold Macaws and several
species of smaller parrots descend to ingest clay. Outings are at dawn
when the lick is most active.

Breakfast

Terra Firme Trail An entirely different habitat characterized by smaller,
thinner trees atop hills and slopes is covered by this five kilometer
trail. Saddleback tamarins are frequently found here. As we walk near
the limits of the swamp we will also keep our eyes open for rare tapir
tracks.

Lunch

Palm Swamp Trail Growing on the remains of an oxbow lake and providing
both arboreal as well as terrestrial mammals with fruits throughout the
year, the aguaje palms are one of the most important food sources in the
rainforest. Demand for these fruits and great conditions for planting
rice, makes the palm swamp also one of the most threatened habitats.

Dinner

Night walk You will have the option of hiking out at night, when most of
the mammals are active but rarely seen. Much easier to find are frogs
with shapes and sounds as bizarre as their natural histories.

Overnight at Tambopata Research Center

DAY 5

Breakfast

CanopyTower A thirty minute hike from TRC in the Terra Firme forest
leads a 17 meter scaffolding canopy tower. From the top you will obtain
spectacular views of the vast expanses of standing forest. Toucans,
parrots and macaws can be seen flying against the horizon. Flocks of
mixed species of birds can also be seen flying and landing in the
treetops next to you.

Lunch

Creeks Trail This is a different kind of Terra Firme forest, crossed by
a number of creeks that will eventually reach the Tambopata River.
Walking in the opposite direction of the river, we will focus on forest
and creek ecology.

Dinner

Overnight at Tambopata Research Center

DAY 6

Breakfast

Transfer Boat - TRC to Tambopata River Port

Transfer Tambopata River Port to Pto Maldonado Headquarters

Transfer Puerto Maldonado Headquarters to Airport We retrace our river
and road journey back to Puerto Maldonado, our office and the airport.
Depending on airline schedules, this may require dawn departures.

INCLUDED
Programs based on double occupancy. Includes all meal,
accommodations, and services, all river transportation, and transfer
from and to the airport of Puerto Maldonado.

NOT INCLUDED
Entrance to the Protected Area of Tambopata.
International or domestic airfares, airport departure taxes or visa
fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due
to flight cancellations, alcoholic beverages or bottled water,
snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls or messages,
reconfirmation of flights and items of personal nature.